Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1955 — Page 7

FRIDAY. JANUARY 7. 1955

Two-Bracket Tourney Plan For Sectional John O. Reed, principal of the Adams Central high school, received official notice Thursday that the sectional tourney will operate under the two-bracket setup this year, the same as the past three years at the Decatur high school. This year’s sectional will be held at the Adams Central gym and will open Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 23, under the same time set-up as last year. There will be two games Wednesday afterjaoop, at 1:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. the winner of the first Wednesday afternoon game will play again at 8:15 Wednesday night, meeting the team which draws the bye in the upper bracket. , Two games will be piayed- Tbsrsday night,’ Feb. 24, with the four teams in the lower bracket competing. No games will be played Friday Feb. 25, with th’" day reserved ""for the sale of tdkets to fans of the four schools still hr the tourney. Semi-finals will be played Saturday afternoon, Feb. 26, with the winners of the 2:30 and 8:15 Wednesday games meeting in the first semi-final clash at 1 p.m., and the Thursday night winners playing at 2:15 o’clock. The sectional championship game will bp held at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. Feb. 26. The two-bracket setup is designed to give more fans an opportunity to see their own team in action. Hence, the bulk of the tickets for the Wednesday sessions ■Will go to the fans of the five teams drawn into that bracket. And the bulk of the tickets for the Thursday night session will go to the fans of those four teams. A new distribution of tickets will be made following the Thursday night session, with the bulk of tickets going to the four schools in Saturday afternoon’s semifinals. ~ Pairings for.all section, regional, semifinal andh final tourneys will be drawn by ftfjice dt the Indiana high school athletic association the week preceding the sectional, and officials will al- - so be assigned at that time. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams DIAL 3-2171 FOR SCORES Friday Anderson St. Mary's at Commodores. ‘ Yellow -Jackets at Fort Wayne Central Catholic. I Union at Monmouth. ' Geneva at Pleasant Mills. Warren at Berne. Jefferson vs Woodburn at Geneva. Hartford at Montpelier. Saturday Leo at Berne. Results Listed In Intramural League intramural league results Thursday night at the Decatur high school gym: Thunderbolts 50, Hoosiers 11; Jigs 27, Farmers 15; Greenbells 27. Jarheads 17. Standing . , . . ' W L Pct. Jarheads 3 2 .600 Thunderbolts 3 2 .600 Jigs 2 3 .400 Farmers 2 3 .400 Hoosiers 0 5 .000 Last night’s scores: ’ Thunderbolts FG FT TP Sommer „„ 10 0 20 Zwlck.s 3 13 Eichenauer3 17 Bauman 3 0 - 6 Rowley .... 0 0 Vanhorn '0 “ 0 0 Hesher 2 0 4 TOTALS 23 4 50 Hoosiers FG FT TP Black Z... 0 0 0 J. Sheets 4 19 Brewer 0 0 0 G. Sheets 0 2 2 Hebble ... 0 0 0 TOTALS 4 3 11 Farmers FG FT TP Kruekeberg.... 0 0 0 Simmerman 0 0 0 Bair 4 1 9 Worden , 10 2 Judt 2 0 4 TOTALS 71 15 , . J*OS . FG FT TP Shaffer 2 2 6 Troutner 11 0 2 Bogner ... 2 0 4 Floyd ..... 2 0 4 Osterloh ..... 5 1 11 Raver ...-. 0 0 0 TOTALS 12 3 27 Jarheads , FG FT TP Thomasl 0 2 Brunner -. 11 3 Rhodes 2 0 4 Barlett '. 1 0 2 Johnson 0 0 0 Myers 3 0 6 TOTALS 8 1 17 Greenbells # FG FT TP Myers 3 0 6 RolstJn 2 0 4 Bowman 3 0 6 W01fe.... 10 2 Cowan 4 19 Ladd o o 0 TOTALS 13 1 27

St. Joe Defeated By Hartford The Hartford junior high team edged out Bt. Joseph, 25-24, and the St. Joseph sth and 6th grade team defeated a similar Hartford team, 27-18, in games played at the Commodore gym Thursday afternoon. in the junior high game, Bt. Joe led at the first quarter, 7-4, and at the half, 14-12, but Hartford held a 17-15 lead at the third period. Bixler scored 14 points to lead Hartford, and Litchfield tallied eight for Decatur. In the grade game, Hartford was in front at the first quarter, 4-2, and at the half, 13-9, bnt the teams were tied at 17-17 at the third period. %Ilenberger and De La Riverla each tallied 10 points for Decatur and Zuercher topped Hartford with nine. Hartford Jr. High FG FT TP Bixler ... n ..... 7 0 14 Thomas ... 0 0 0 Short 10 2 Pharr 0 0 0 McClure 3 3 9 Meshberger 0 0 0 TOTALS 11 3 25 St Joseph's \ — FG .FT TP T. Gross 2 1 5 P. Gross 0 0 0 Litchfield 3 2 8 Coyne’o 11 Wilder 1 2 4 Baker X..„ 2 2 6 f. Omlof 0 ’ 0 0 J. Omloro 0 0 TOTALS 3 8 24 Hartford sth & 6th FG FT TP Ansburger 10 2 Habegger .. • 0 0 Fields 0 0 0 Zuercher 4 1 9 Dubach 0 0 0 Chrisman ....—0 0 0 Huser .j..... 0 0 0 Piberstein 3 0 6 Duff .... 0 11 TOTALS 8 2 18 St. Joseph’s sth A-6th FG FT TP Kitson 0 0 0 T. Kohne 3 O ’ 6 Blythe 0 0 0 Baker |.O 0 0 Reed ..r T . 0 0 0 Schultz 0 0 0 J. Kohne 0 0 0 Ellenberger .... 5 0_ 10 Heiman 0 0 0 De La Rlveria 4 2 10 Kelley x.O 11 „ TOTALS ..„,«42 3 27 BOWUNG SCORES American Legion League Bnrke Insurance won two from First State Bank; Fuelling won two from Macklin; Bultemeier Construction won two from Ashbaucher, and Mies Recreation won three from team No. 8. W L Pts. First State Bank .. 32 13 41 Bultemeier Const... 31 14 40 Burke Ins. 2514 19 Mies Rec. .... 25% 19 29% Fuellings 25 20 29 Macklins 23 22 27 Ashbauehersl7. 28 19 Team No. 8 0 45 0 200 scores: C. Bultemeier 201: E. Bultemeier 222, Will Schnepf 204. Schamerloh 203, ' D. Burke 216. Mies 212, Ulman 200, Farling 206. Pro Basketball Fort Wayne 90. Rochester 83. Minneapolis 117. Syracuse 106. New York 88. Boston 83. Philadelphia 92, Milwaukee 79.

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Bob Grim Is Signed To Yankee Contract NEW YORK (INS) —Bob Grim, New Work Yanloee righithander whose 20 wins against six losses won him'- the American League’s rookie-of-the-year honors in 1954, iiks signed his 1965 contract for an estimated $12,000-double his old salary. K. of P. Winner In First Playoff Tilt The Decatur Knight of Pythias whipped Fishers of Columbia City. 82-61, Thursday night in the opening round of the championship double elimination playoff in the Vim league. - In the game played at Huntertown, K. of P. led at all resting points, 26-6, 38-24 and 56-39. Moses led the Decatur team with 24 points, followed by Morrison with 20 and Conrad with 19. Crowell topped Fishers with 21. In other playoff games reported last night: Floyd' Auto Sales 55, Schmoos 27;. Monroeville 73, City Light 48; Meyer’s Garage 60, Central Dairy 51; Willshire 72. Ossian 53. Dectaur Klenk’s drew a first round bye. 3 . K. of P. FG FT TP Singleton 3 0 6 Hoffman 2 15 Kable ..r1 0 2 Conrad 9 1 19 Bultemeier 2 0 4 Morrison 9 2 20 Gallmeyer 10 2 Moses 12 0 24 Miller ...x 0 0 0 TOTALS 1„... 39 4 82 Columbia City FG FT TP Crowell ....... 77 21 Barnum .... 8 2 18 Line 3 17 Parker ’3 17 Waterson 4 0 8 TOTALS 2.'. 11 61 Phils Deny Effort To Get Robinson PHILADELPHIA (INS) —The PCiJtadelplhia tPhillies deny that they attempted to get Jackie Robinson from ttte Brooklyn Dodgers but were turned dawn. Club Secretary George Fletcher said there was no truth to the report that the Phils wanted Robiuson, Carl Furiild and junior Gi Ham in exchange for Del Ennis and Smoky Burgess. “Wfejhave talked to Broklyn-f- - many"fines, bd about nothing specific,’’ Fletchei said. High School Basketball Evansville Lincoln 45, Evansville Reitz 43. Gary Tolleston 48, Hammond Clark 33. Gaw RrrweTetT'-(M,-“H-mnTiTOTrd"'--■ Noll 45. Gary Wallace 38, East Chicago Roosevelt 36. Mishawaka 63, South Bend Adams 61. College Basketball Anderson 113, Oakland f?ity 75. Campbellsville 89. Vincennes 87. Evansville 79, Indiana State 76. Wabash 78, Indiana Central 69. DePaul 101, Elmhurst 60. Loyola 93. John Carroll 85. St. Louis 85, Houston 84 (overtime) West Virginia 98, Virginia Tech 82. Xavier (O.) 67. Cincinnati 64.

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Saxton-Delaney Fight Is Delayed AKRON (INS) —The fight between world welterweight king Johnny S;ijcton_ and Akron’s Ronnie Delaney, scheduled for Jan. 14, has been pushed hack to either Feb. 2 or Itl, because of the champion's ailing back. The bout was postponed Thursday after Saxton came to Akron from the east to undergo a physical examination after he asked that the bout be postponed. Tourney Tickets On Sale Here Tonight Coach Dave Terveer of the Decatur Commodores announced that season tickets for the Adams county tourney will be on sale tonight at the windows of the Decatur high school gym. where the Commodores play St. Mary’s of Anderson. The tickets are also on sale at the Catholic school office and the Knights of Columbus clubroom. ADAMS COUNTY (Continued from rage Ont.) prior to -each session, will be priced at 75 cents for each session. Doors to the gym will be opened one hour before starting time of each session, or at m.eaeh evening and at 12 noon on Saturday. Ample parking space will be available at the rear of the gym. with entrance to the space only from state road 124. which runs east and west in front of .the school. The entrance to the parking lot is to the west of the gym —oirrCTMs ~Tnr~aTT ggmes ‘-ef the Sanders, of Warsaw, and Richard first team tourney will be Frank Duffield, of Columbia City. Offi cials chosen for the final game of the second team tourney. whicl( will be played at 7 p. m. Saturday as a preliminary to the first team final, will be Merle Shively, o< Warsaw, and Loris Jacobs, of Zanesville. Trophies for the first teiftn champion and the second team champion will again be awarded by the Decatur Dally Democrat which will.also again award the trophy to the county junior high champion. • The individual sportsmanship trophy will again be presented this year by Robert Mdnnier, former Decatur business man, in honor of Everett jlice? prominent' Monroe township farmer. IN FORT WAYNE NEXT GAME Saturday, Jan. 8 Komets vs Grand Rapids Jan. 15—Cincinnati Jan. 18—Troy

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Two Auto Mishaps Reported By Police A bakery truck driven by Jack F. Sauerwein, of Fort Wayne, back-’ ed into a parked car owned by Paul C. Morales, of 109 South Sixteenth street, on Eleventh street at Dayton at ft):so a. m. Thursday, causing SIOO damage to the right rear fender of- the car. The truck was not damaged. A car driven by Lois M. Durbin, of 904 Schirmeyer street, ran into the door of a parked car belonging 'o Herbert C. Marbach. of ropte 5-. on Jefferson street in front of the Dpcatur high school. The Durbin vehicle was forced to the right

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Monmouth Players At College Game The, members of Monmouth's basketbail team, accompanied by their coach and Gua Kessler, six foot, eight inch center for Willshire, O„ attended the Valparaiso Ball State basketball game at Mancie Wednesday night, which Valpo won, 66-65. — - , Luther Yager Named Committee Chairman L. Luther Yager, of Berne, joint state representative from Adams and Wells counties, was appointed chairman of the World War and soldiers memorial committee of the house of representatives Thursday. Committee chairman appointments were announced by George Diener, speaker of the house.

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